Pest plants
https://archive.gw.govt.nz/pest-plants
We manage and operate across 200,000 hectares of land to protect our region’s natural environment.
Pest plants threaten our regions’ parks and reserves, and take over our productive land. They can cause serious harm to our environment, along with health risks to people, and threaten agricultural industries.
There are many things we can do collectively, as individuals and as a community. We rely on farmers, residential home owners and water sport enthusiasts to help us identify pest species so we can remove them.
We partner with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), local councils and communities to undertake direct control of targeted pest plants in specific areas, while others need to be managed by people on their own properties.
We have established a 10 year surveillance programme to keep these three invasive pest species out of our region.
We need your help to identify these plants, so we can eradicate them before they become a problem.
To do this we need your help. Seen any of these 3 pests? Contact us on 0800 496 734 or email pest.plants@gw.govt.nz.
Save yourself the extra dollars by helping to detect this nasty pest plant before it becomes a problem.
Save yourself the extra dollars by helping to detect this nasty pest plant before it becomes a problem.
Help us to detect this nasty pest plant before it becomes a problem.
We are always on the lookout for pest plants. We undertake direct control of targeted pest plants in specific areas, while others need to be managed by people on their own properties.
We can help to control these species:
If you see one of these pest plants then note the location, take a photo if you can, and contact us on 0800 496 734 or email pest.plants@gw.govt.nz.
If you live in Hutt City, contact the Hutt City Council if you see any of these pest plants:
There are some weeds that are so widespread that control by the landowner is the only option. Find out how you can manage these common pest plants: